Show State School Building Program I Criticized by Utah Foundation Utah's programs of state aid for school construction Were en criticized in a documented document document- ed study prepared by bt Utah foundation the private governmental gov research tion According to the Foundation tion analysis existing state school chool building aid programs 1 are unduly complex 2 do not always meet their original or objectives 3 often ere are distributed without regard to relative need 4 tend to tobe tobe tobe be self perpetuating and 5 contain provisions that encourage encourage en courage districts to adopt policies pol Ides which circumvent the in intent In in- intent tent of the law Despite the defects the Foundation study observes that the four state aid school building programs have permitted per the distribution of large sums of state aid funds to assist local school districts with their building problems Although most of this money has gone to districts with the greatest building needs the excessive complexity of the programs has permitted some serious faults and inequities i to occur I. I The study Indicates that Utah has made a very substantial substantial sub sub- effort to meet the school building problems Since the end of World War II II Utah has expended million on school capital outlay outlay out out- lay with more than two two- thirds of this expenditure total total to to- tal coming within the past eight years Prior to the early school building construction was regarded In Utah as strictly a local problem with state school aids confined to operation programs Since 1951 however the state has provided increasing amounts of ot state aid for tor school con con- construction I Altogether t the h state of Utah has appropriated or allocated million for lor local toca school construction Itis Itis It ItIs Is expected that funds made available durin during the current 65 1963 bIennium for this purpose will wUl total nearly 10 million In 1960 a sur sw- survey vey was made in Utah to determine de determine de- de termine school building needs need's for the period 61 1960 through 1964 Eased sed on this survey surVey sur sur- vey the legislative Council placed the emergency needs need for the year period at lit million while tho the State School Office determined ed that the total needs were 1064 millions i I. I According tte Us the F Found tion report has more moru than met these estimates of school building needs Expenditures Expenditures for scHool P tion remodeling sites and furniture during the first four years 61 1960 through 1963 64 of the year five year period totaled an mil mU- lion This amount was 18 per percent percent percent cent greater tham the State School Office estimate of total total to to tal tat needs for the entire five- five year period and nearly twice the Legislative Council estimate estimate esti estl mate of emergency needs |